Damascus Church (Historic)

The community around Damascus Church (Historic)

It takes 8.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 50.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
• Food Insecurity: 34.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.1%
• Diabetes: 22.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
• Social Isolation: 38.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.4%
• Poverty Rate: 25.7% (16.8–34.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (2.6–10.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Damascus Church (Historic)

• Saint Andrews Church — 1.1 mi away
• Mound Bayou Church — 2 mi away
• Altheimer First Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Browns Chapel — 2.5 mi away
• Altheimer United Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Unity Apostolic Church — 2.8 mi away
• New Hope Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Freedom Missionary Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
• All In One International House of Worship — 3.3 mi away
• Church of Christ — 3.3 mi away